State v. Montgomery

REINHARD, Presiding Judge.

Defendant appeals his conviction by a jury of robbery in the second degree, § 569.030, RSMo 1986, for which defendant was sentenced as a class X offender to serve 13 years imprisonment. We affirm.

On May 28, 1988, the state’s primary witness Michelle Edgerson was working as a security officer in the “budget basement” section of Famous-Barr. As she was walking down an aisle she noticed defendant standing next to an empty clothes rack. As she grew near she saw that he was holding a white plastic bag stuffed full of shirts which still had Famous-Barr sales tags on them.…